λῆρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *lāros, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with Latin lātrō, Latin lamentum, λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ː.ros/ → /ˈli.ros/ → /ˈli.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ros/

Noun

λῆρος • (lêros) m (genitive λήρου); second declension

1. trash, trumpery, trifle
2. delirium

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λῆρος; τοῦ λήρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῆρος ho lêros	τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō	οἱ λῆροι hoi lêroi
Genitive	τοῦ λήρου toû lḗrou	τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin	τῶν λήρων tôn lḗrōn
Dative	τῷ λήρῳ tôi lḗrōi	τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin	τοῖς λήροις toîs lḗrois
Accusative	τὸν λῆρον tòn lêron	τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō	τοὺς λήρους toùs lḗrous
Vocative	λῆρε lêre	λήρω lḗrō	λῆροι lêroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ληραίνω (lēraínō)
• ληρέω (lēréō)
• λήρημᾰ (lḗrēma)
• λήρησῐς (lḗrēsis)
• ληρωδέω (lērōdéō)
• ληρώδημᾰ (lērṓdēma)
• ληρώδης (lērṓdēs)
• ληρωδῐ́ᾱ (lērōdíā)

 

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ː.ros/ → /ˈli.ros/ → /ˈli.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ros/

Noun

λῆρος • (lêros) m (genitive λήρου); second declension

1. gold ornament on women's tunic

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λῆρος; τοῦ λήρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῆρος ho lêros	τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō	οἱ λῆροι hoi lêroi
Genitive	τοῦ λήρου toû lḗrou	τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin	τῶν λήρων tôn lḗrōn
Dative	τῷ λήρῳ tôi lḗrōi	τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin	τοῖς λήροις toîs lḗrois
Accusative	τὸν λῆρον tòn lêron	τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō	τοὺς λήρους toùs lḗrous
Vocative	λῆρε lêre	λήρω lḗrō	λῆροι lêroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λῆρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λῆρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λῆρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN